Our campus

A place to love learning

The UTC campus has been designed to create an environment that supports your learning. It encourages collaboration, teamwork and productivity. Built and kitted out to the highest specification, it comes crammed with industry-ready equipment you’ll be bursting to get your hands on.

A different kind of school building

Within our brand-new, four-floor campus building you’ll discover a school unlike any other with:

Massive filming studios

A gleaming radio studio and a live lounge

Hi-tech gaming and design labs

A state-of-the-art science cluster

And with wonderful details in every space, it doesn’t stop there. You’ll be able to enjoy:

Soft-seating group work areas, with built-in power- and data-points

Quiet study spaces with acoustic panelling

Informal external teaching areas and wildlife gardens

A relaxed social and dining area with snug seating

A performance studio for audiences of up to 200

A totally connected environment with wifi everywhere

A rooftop football pitch and multi-use sports area

Making the most of MediaCityUK

MediaCityUK – the UK’s digital and media hub

The sleek black and space grey exterior of the campus building has slipped proudly into the MediaCityUK skyline of exciting futuristic and sustainable buildings. It feels more like a workplace than a school. And that’s just how we want it.

Looking out from your classroom you’ll see the BBC, ITV, the criss-crossed building housing the University of Salford’s arts and media courses, and more. It’s an inspiring site, with the UK’s leading digital and media hub your new playground. And glistening nearby is The Lowry and the Imperial War Museum – your new school hall and history department.

Safe and secure

Our campus is a safe environment for students. We are nestled within MediaCityUK’s secure site, which is managed by The Peel Group and monitored 24 hours a day by their security staff and cameras. People live and work in MediaCityUK and the site is active 24/7 – after all, when does ‘the media’ ever sleep?

The UTC campus itself is staffed from 7.45am to 6.00pm and the transport links are excellent.

Specialist study hubs

Our campus building features several distinct areas, including ones for each of the creative and digital courses we offer. These areas are fully equipped to help you learn the skills you’ll need to succeed during your studies and future career.

TV and Film hub

Just one of our many studio spaces at UTC

This hub is based in the central studio area and has double-height floors, green rooms, viewing and gallery recording facilities.

Facilities and equipment include:

Industry standard studio cameras

Professional lighting and sound technology

Apple Mac computer suite with video editing software

Post-production hardware and ingest station

Music video production environment and kit

Radio and Audio hub

Radio and audio hub floorplan

This hub is based on the second floor of the campus building, and features bespoke soundproofing to guarantee flawless audio recording.

Facilities and equipment include:

Professional-quality radio studios

Fully equipped control rooms

Audio editing facilities

Sound production and sound engineering technologies

Audio capture, manipulation and broadcast facilities

Sound track and voice-over production facilities

Interactive Media and Graphics/Interactive Media and Gaming hub

Graphics and media hub floorplan

This hub is based in the heart of the building.

Facilities and equipment include:

Web authoring and graphic design software

Creative development tools for digital media

Advertising and marketing production tools

2D and 3D animation and stop motion hardware and software

Digital asset management systems

Coding software

Graphics software

Social media gaming

App development

Humanoid robotics

Science, ICT, and general teaching spaces

General teaching floorplan

Science cluster floorplan

The science, ICT and general teaching spaces provide a flexible environment and can be tailored as seminar rooms, classrooms (generously sized for 30), or large studio-style spaces (45-60 students). Science study space has a distinct feel within the building with specialist labs for physics, chemistry and biology, as well as space for demonstrations and a hub for research and small group working.

Facilities and equipment include:

Fully equipped modern science labs

Wireless in all areas internal and external

Multiple display screens so you can view your work in all locations

Industry specified software and hardware

Exciting multi-use spaces

The Cauldron

Cauldron floorplan

You enter the building into a futuristic reception atrium called The Cauldron. Light can stream in through the south-facing windows of this double height atrium

It is a space that will be bustling with students and you’ll use it to:

Catch up with friends in the café

Take in the latest exhibition of work

Chat and relax on the soft seating

Make the most of the quiet study area

Refectory and terrace

Refectory floorplan

A different type of dining room, with a modern style that allows for formal dining and cafe-style space to eat and meet and socialise.

A striking feature sees south-facing, full-height windows running the length of the refectory leading onto an outdoor terrace. With an inspiring panoramic view across the MediaCityUK skyline, you’ll be able to enjoy your meal with a view of the BBC and ITV buildings providing a glinting reminder of where your school work could lead.

Rooftop sports and recreation

Yet another ‘wow factor’ to the UTC building is provided by the multi-use games area on the roof. Play football and other sports at the top of the building in a safe, netted space (so don’t worry about having to get your ball back!) you can feel on top of the world whether you score the winner or not.